Learn What Work Visa Is Right For You: How to Legally Live and Work in the US
Summary
Learn directly from Managing Attorney of the immigration firm D'Alessio Law Group, Lorraine D’Alessio!
For freelance creatives like actors, directors, writers and producers, Hollywood is probably your Mecca. However, if you don’t already live there, or are not even a US citizen, how do you get there- and work there- legally?
Unfortunately, the artistic community is often the target of immigration scams. It’s hard to know what information is valid and what is not. Many people spend hours researching work visas only to end up with the wrong type of visa for a creative career. Stage 32 is here to make sure that doesn’t happen to you! The more educated you are on the subject, the more empowered you will be in your career and in your life. Knowing how to find and secure the right work visa for you will get you one step closer to living your dream.
In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, Lorraine D'Alessio, managing attorney of the immigration firm D'Alessio Law Group, will walk you through how to live and work legally in the US as a creative. She will educate you on the different visas that exist, go step-by-step through the O-1 "person of extraordinary ability" visa, suggest ways to build your career portfolio in order to strengthen your visa petition, alert you to the dos and don'ts at the border and most importantly, dispel the many myths and misinformation that exist on US visas.
Lorraine D’Alessio’ combines her unique knowledge of the entertainment industry and immigration law to assist foreign nationals who wish to come to the United States and work in entertainment and entertainment related fields. Her practice is limited to immigration and nationality law and concentrates on temporary and permanent business and employment related visas for investors, artists, entertainers, musicians, actors, directors, producers and essential technical and creative personnel in the motion picture and television industries. Ms. D’Alessio routinely gives lectures throughout Canada on entertainment and investment immigration.
What You'll Learn
- Which Visa is right for you?
- The O-1 Visa deconstructed
- The petitioner
- The job offer
- The 6 criteria test
- The O-1 resume
- Other related visas; P, H-1B, L1, E2, EB5
- Filling times
- Border Do's & Don'ts
- Avoid immigration scams
- Q&A with Lorraine
Who Should Attend
- Actors
- Directors
- Producers
- Writers
- Crew
- Anyone working in the screen or stage-based industries that is curious about how to legally work in the US.
Executive
Lorraine D'Alessio
D’Alessio Law Group was founded by US attorney Lorraine P. D’Alessio. Mrs. D’Alessio is the firm’s founding partner and was recently named a 2016 Century City Bar Association Lawyer of the Year and Leader of Law for International Law by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Heralded by the Bay Street Bull as “One of the 9 Fearless Women in Canada Changing the Status Quo,” a Toronto native and former Ford model, Mrs. D’Alessio spearheads the firm’s business transactional law and business and employment-related immigration initiatives. Widely regarded as an industry expert and thought leader, Mrs. D’Alessio writes a monthly editorial for Canadian entertainment industry PlayBack magazine, contributes on business transactional and immigration issues regularly to the Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, LA Business Journal and other leading outlets. She also serves on the board for Artists for Change, chaired by BAFTA board members and OSCAR award winners. She is also the author of “Going Global: Investing in US Immigration,” a guide to US immigration that is being published and released spring 2017 by Brick Tower Press, and will be sold domestically and internationally. She has provided counsel to hundreds of prominent companies from small, medium to fortune 500 in the entertainment and technology fields as well as many award winning entertainment agencies, unions, private companies and academic institutions around the world from PlUG AND PLAY TECH CENTER to NEXT MODELS to FOOD NETWORK to INSTAGRAM to SUBPAC to GFUEL and PEPPERDINE University.
Lorraine D’Alessio earned her law degree from Southwestern Law School. She earned her Masters degree in Public Administration from The Senate of Queen’s University at Kingston and also attended the University of Toronto, Canada to earn her undergraduate degree with a Bachelor of Arts.
Liz Profumo
Partner Attorney Liz Profumo holds a B.A. degree from New York University and a J.D. degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She has been admitted to the State Bar of California and is licensed to practice immigration law in all fifty states. Liz has been practicing immigration law exclusively since 2007. Her practice is limited to immigration and nationality law and concentrates on temporary and permanent business and employment related visas for investors, artists, entertainers, musicians, actors, directors, producers and essential technical and creative personnel in the motion picture and television industries, as well as issues related to family based immigration and issues related to U.S. citizenship. Liz has assisted hundreds of artists, performers, and other industry professionals to realize their dreams of living in the United States.
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